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In April 2014, the World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta museum launched the website altarockart.no, a digital archive containing pictures of the rock art of Alta. The archive contains several thousand pictures and tracings and will, in the future, probably contain other kinds of documenting material as well, such as 3D-scans and articles.
The Alta area was one of Germany's largest naval bases during the war. Tirpitz , which was one of the world's largest and most powerful battleships, was anchored for nearly two years in Kåfjord. Altafjord was also a base for many other German warships, among them the battleship Scharnhorst and the heavy cruiser Lützow , as well as dozens of ...
Viking is one of the most recognizable river cruise lines. With a fleet of ships designed specifically to sail the Douro, Elbe, and Seine Rivers, Viking prides itself on its state-of-the-art ...
The ship was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage in the 1903–06 Arctic expedition of Roald Amundsen. In 2009, the Norwegian Maritime Museum and the Fram Museum signed an agreement for the Fram Museum to take over the exhibition of the Gjøa. It is currently displayed in a separate building at Fram Museum. [1] [6]
The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
Viking has welcomed its newest ocean cruise vessel to the small ship brand’s fleet.. Viking Vela was presented to the cruise line at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy, this week.. At 784 ...
Altaelva (English: Alta River; [1] [2] [3] Northern Sami: Álttáeatnu; Kven: Alattionjoki) is the third-longest river in Finnmark county, Norway.The river begins in the mountains and lakes in Kautokeino Municipality, near the border with Finnmark county and Finland, just south of Reisa National Park.
Fram Museum is in an area with several other museums including the Kon-Tiki Museum, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, the Viking Ship Museum and the Norwegian Maritime Museum. Bygdøy Royal Estate, the official summer residence of the King of Norway, and historic Oscarshall are also located nearby. [2]